Erection of 2 no at HM Prison Leyhill, Tortworth
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by South Gloucestershire Development Management Committee on 5 Mar 2026.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
Parish and ward concerns about prison growth
A parish representative and the ward councillor's statement raised concerns about community safety and amenity harm from the prison's increasing population.
“[name withheld] spoke on behalf of Cromhall Parish and expressed concerns about impact of the proposal upon the safety of the community and the harm to the amenity of neighbouring communities because of the increasing prison population at Leyhill.”
“Councillor Jayne Stansfield read out a statement on behalf of the Ward Councillor, John O’Neill in which he expressed concerns about impact of the proposal upon the safety of the community and the harm to the amenity of neighbouring communities because of the increasing prison population at Leyhill.”
Minutes
A legal agreement for biodiversity and monitoring fees
Permission would be delegated for approval once the applicant entered a legal agreement to pay a biodiversity net gain monitoring fee and a section 106 monitoring fee.
“That authority be delegated to the Director of Environment and Community Services to grant planning permission, subject to conditions set out below and the applicant first voluntarily entering into an Agreement under Section 16 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to secure the following:”
“That the Head of Legal and Democratic Services be authorised to check and agree the wording of any agreement and that should the Agreement not be completed within 12 months of the date of any resolution to approve being obtained, that authority be given to the Director of Place to refuse the application.”
Minutes
Councillors at the meeting
- June BamfordConservative
- Michael BellLabour
- John BradburyLabour
- Tristan ClarkLib Dem
- Paul HughesConservative
- Angela MoreyLabour
- Jayne StansfieldLib Dem
- Tony WilliamsLib Dem
Apologies Trevor Jones Conservative
Source: Plota analysis of the council's minutes; parties from the council's list of councillors.
Sources
- South Gloucestershire Development Management Committee minutes, 5 March 2026
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of South Gloucestershire's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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